Legal Opinion
National Football League v. Governor of the Delaware
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided August 11, 1977No. Civ. A. 76-273PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STAPLETON, District Judge:
In August 1976, the Office of the Delaware State Lottery announced a plan to institute a lottery game based on games of the National Football League (“NFL”). Immediately thereafter, the NFL and its twenty-eight member clubs filed suit in this Court against the Governor and the Director of the State Lottery seeking preliminary and permanent injunctive relief barring such a lottery scheme. The State of Delaware intervened, and the complaint was amended to add a request that the Court create a constructive trust on behalf of the NFL clubs of all revenues derived…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. CampSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Schlesinger v. Reservists Committee to Stop the WarSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Piper v. Chris-Craft Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- Spring Mills, Inc. v. Ultracashmere House, Ltd. And Bart SchwartzCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
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